4GX
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I don't know if the X football series with Colerain has been put to bed permanently (if not, I suspect it soon will be-- and probably should be, considering the decline that Colerain's program is experiencing). It's not really feasible that X will be able to schedule two GMC opponents in the same year, any more, anyway, with the GMC going to 9 league games-- and it seems likely (even clear) that X will now continue to play Lakota West (with Bolden there) rather than Colerain...
So X is going to be in search of good local teams that can (and WILL) play X regularly-- which brings me to Winton Woods-- X played WW in a playoff years ago (when WW was still in Division I), and WW has played ALL of the other GCL schools (except X) in regular season games within the last decade (one year, I think WW played LaSalle, Elder, and Moeller in the same season-- and BEAT all of them, bringing up claims from WW fans of a "GCL Championship")... WW has been willing to play anyone, anywhere-- so, this feels like a game that makes eminent sense for both teams-- and would give X another regular season game against a nearby team full of the kind of highly athletic players that it might see in playoff games against LW, Springfield, HH Wayne, Pick Central, etc.
This latest title by WW is going to encourage a lot of kids to consider moving into the WW district-- WW just built new middle school and high school buildings (so the facilities are new, even if economy-grade) and homebuilders are now (for the first time in a LONG time) building new homes in the WW District-- so the WW district's enrollment is likely to start rising again, after decades of decline. I could even see WW ascending/remaining above Princeton in football (making the former WW coach have some regrets about making the move-- although I'm SURE he got PAID substantially more to make that move-- Princeton has FAR more money than WW does). I don't see Princeton ever moving past LW while Bolden is there, while WW could easily become the "big dog" in their conference, at the expense of Anderson and Kings-- so players that "just want to play for a winner" might find WW to be a preferred option over Princeton.
In short, WW could be the next best public school team in SW Ohio, after LW, for the next decade or more-- and if WW is willing to play X, that is a game that makes so much sense for BOTH teams (since it gives WW a chance to see game action against equal or better talent than they might face in Hoban, LaSalle, or Massillon-- something WW is NOT going to get facing Anderson, Kings, or Harrison).
So X is going to be in search of good local teams that can (and WILL) play X regularly-- which brings me to Winton Woods-- X played WW in a playoff years ago (when WW was still in Division I), and WW has played ALL of the other GCL schools (except X) in regular season games within the last decade (one year, I think WW played LaSalle, Elder, and Moeller in the same season-- and BEAT all of them, bringing up claims from WW fans of a "GCL Championship")... WW has been willing to play anyone, anywhere-- so, this feels like a game that makes eminent sense for both teams-- and would give X another regular season game against a nearby team full of the kind of highly athletic players that it might see in playoff games against LW, Springfield, HH Wayne, Pick Central, etc.
This latest title by WW is going to encourage a lot of kids to consider moving into the WW district-- WW just built new middle school and high school buildings (so the facilities are new, even if economy-grade) and homebuilders are now (for the first time in a LONG time) building new homes in the WW District-- so the WW district's enrollment is likely to start rising again, after decades of decline. I could even see WW ascending/remaining above Princeton in football (making the former WW coach have some regrets about making the move-- although I'm SURE he got PAID substantially more to make that move-- Princeton has FAR more money than WW does). I don't see Princeton ever moving past LW while Bolden is there, while WW could easily become the "big dog" in their conference, at the expense of Anderson and Kings-- so players that "just want to play for a winner" might find WW to be a preferred option over Princeton.
In short, WW could be the next best public school team in SW Ohio, after LW, for the next decade or more-- and if WW is willing to play X, that is a game that makes so much sense for BOTH teams (since it gives WW a chance to see game action against equal or better talent than they might face in Hoban, LaSalle, or Massillon-- something WW is NOT going to get facing Anderson, Kings, or Harrison).
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